Time: 10:00 pm
Day one of the Mongol Beach Party Reunion, with The After Party
21+ $10 in advance $15 day of show
Mongol Beach Party, The Afterparty 12/19/08 and 12/20/08 @ Record BarThough
The holiday season is typically shits for live music, it does afford an opportunity for impromptu band reunions. Mongol Beach Party's two-night stand at the Record Bar this weekend comes as an unexpected yuletide blessing for anyone who reveled in the early ’90s-vintage local band's bizarro blend of Elvis Costello, Trip Shakespeare, XTC and Captain Beefheart. Billing themselves as an “inappropriately festive” bunch, the Mongols had a rep for dance-party hotness on the soles of arty pop tunes. After the group's dissolution, each member moved on to equally offbeat projects: guitarist Jeff Freling scored a coveted gig with Chicago's Blue Man Group; drummer Bill Belzer hooked up with the New Amsterdams; bassist Scott Easterday formed Expassionates; saxophonist Mark Southerland helmed Snuff Jazz and vocalist/percussionist Christian Hankel and trombonist Kyle Dahlquist birthed Alacartoona. --Pitch Weekly 2008
Website:http://www.mongolbeachparty.com/
advance tickets availabe at recordBar or http://www.groovetickets.com
The Afterparty
If the persuasive powers of a younger, sexier Bob Dylan (or the collective charisma of the Band) had been used to corral a bevy of talented backup singers, The Basement Tapes might've sounded a lot like the Afterparty's gorgeously messy meanderings. With the Brunettes providing vocal support, Josh Mobley's fantasy-world keyboards pumping the nuance, Danny Fischer's lyrics going wherever they want, and the entire Mad Dogs and Englishmen costume rack apparently at their disposal, the Afterparty, part jug band, part dream soundtrack, is one of the most original bands around. --Pitch
Weekly 2006
Website:http://www.myspace.com/afterpartykc
Source: http://www.therecordbar.com/docs/show.php?show=1760
